SUMMARY
After the first whirlwind speech, God demands that Job respond, but Job chooses to remain silent.
ANALYSIS
God demands a response from Job to the first speech out of the whirlwind: “Anyone who argues with God must respond” (40:2). Job demurs. He cannot speak in the face of such an overwhelming vision of creationCreation, in biblical terms, is the universe as we know or perceive it. Genesis says that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. In the book of Revelation (which speaks of end times) the author declares that God created all things and... More. He will keep silent. This non-response does not seem to satisfy God, however, so God begins another speech, this one focused primarily on two fearsome creatures, BehemothA behemoth is a large swamp monster. Such a beast, often identified as a hippopotamus, is part of the narrative in the book of Job where the Lord claims to have created both behemoth and Job himself. More and LeviathanLeviathan is a biblical sea monster. Often mistakenly identified as a whale, this creature is perceived as larger and meaner than a whale. Leviathan is mentioned in Job, Psalms, and Isaiah as an example of enormity, who is eclipsed only by the enormity and power... More. In the first speech, God spoke of cosmology, meteorology, and zoology. In the second speech, God moves to mythology, but not before raising questions of justice.
